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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

Construction Skills for Growth & Productivity

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£1.2m
Awarded29 Nov 2021
Published1 Apr 2022
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.2mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This specification is part of a longer-term plan to develop skills to ensure that the sector is better able to recruit and retain staff, whilst improving the quality of the service.

Upskilling and investing in staff training and development has been highlighted as a key factor in reducing staff turnover.

Programmes launched as part of this specification will not be the totality of provision procured in this sector; it compliments activity previously commissioned as part of the Retrofit commission and focuses on specific skills needs and concerns that have been identified at present.

GMCA is commissioned a package worth £1.2m to deliver key training within this sector before September 2023.

This will be for a total delivery package consisting of multiple projects.

In total, a minimum of 1,000 unique individuals will be upskilled with new competencies equipping them to succeed in this sector.

We expect this will be delivered against three training strands, which have been identified working in partnership with employers: • Training Strand 1: Upskilling Multi-trades • Training Strand 2: Construction Business Management • Training Strand 3: Digital Transformation The overarching aim of the package is to improve skills, create pathways for progression, and prepare people for higher apprenticeships.

This opportunity was ran as a further competition through the GMCA Education, Work and Skill Flexible Procurement System and only eligible providers were invited to bid for this restricted opportunity via the Chest.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This specification is part of a longer-term

This specification is part of a longer-term plan to develop skills to ensure that the sector is better able to recruit and retain staff, whilst improving the quality of the service.

02

GMCA is commissioned a package worth £1.2m

GMCA is commissioned a package worth £1.2m to deliver key training within this sector before September 2023.

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

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The overarching aim of the package is to improve skills, create pathways for progression, and prepare people for higher apprenticeships.

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